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Indonesia's Lion Air mulls 'substantial' Airbus order

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By:   MAVIS TOH SINGAPORE

02:55 8 Jan 2013 

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Lion Air is in talks with Airbus with regards to a "substantial" order for narrowbody aircraft, a move that could break Boeing's dominance in the Indonesian market.

The Indonesian low-cost carrier is "close to a decision" on whether it will order the re-engined Airbus A320neo family, say sources familiar with the discussions.

If it goes through, this could be a substantial order that might even match Lion's 2012 order for 201Boeing 737 Max and 29 737NG aircraft.

Lion, which operates an all Boeing fleet, has a total of 329 737 aircraft on order. It also has 84 737-family aircraft in its fleet